Update on the management of the febrile infant

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-12

  Harper, Marvin B ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NEWBORN; PLEOCYTOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 1842423799     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2003.11.008     Document Type: Article

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